Authors: Tim Burton, Jun Asuga
ISBN-13: 9780786838493, ISBN-10: 0786838493
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Disney Press
Date Published: August 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
On screen, Jack Skellington leaps with joy, singing with wonder at his discovery of Christmas Town. He seems so real, so alive, that we believe both he and his fantastical world must somehow exist.
But in reality it is not Jack who is the star of the show; it is the over 140 artists and technicians who spent more than two years bringing Jack and all his cohorts to life on the screen. Every gesture Jack makes was created by a human hand, by an animator who moved the puppet in tiny increments from frame to frame. Every character, every set, every prop -- even the candy canes -- had to be designed and then actually fabricated by someone. This book tells the true story of the film, highlighting the art and the vision that make the movie so memorable.
Foreword | 8 | |
Introduction | 10 | |
The Film | 20 | |
Lyrics for "This Is Halloween" | 22 | |
Jack | 28 | |
Lyrics for "Jack's Lament" | 30 | |
Zero | 32 | |
Sally | 34 | |
Lyrics for "What's This?" | 36 | |
Santa Claus | 41 | |
Lyrics for "The Town Meeting Song" | 42 | |
Mayor | 44 | |
Evil Scientist | 47 | |
Lyrics for "Jack's Obsession" | 48 | |
Lyrics for "The Scheming Song" | 52 | |
Lock, Shock, and Barrel | 53 | |
Lyrics for "Making Christmas" | 57 | |
Lyrics for "Sally's Song" | 63 | |
Lyrics for "Oogie Boogie's Song (You're Joking)" | 66 | |
Oogie Boogie | 67 | |
Lyrics for "Poor Jack" | 72 | |
The Art | 76 | |
Original Poem | 79 | |
Songs | 86 | |
Script | 89 | |
Storyboards | 93 | |
Art Direction | 101 | |
Set and Prop Design and Construction | 115 | |
Armatures | 125 | |
Character Sculpting and Fabrication | 131 | |
Animation and Camerawork | 143 | |
Adding Sound and Scoring | 159 | |
Postproduction | 161 | |
The Finished Product | 165 | |
The Vision | 166 | |
Tim Burton | 169 | |
Henry Selick | 172 | |
Danny Elfman | 176 | |
Caroline Thompson | 179 | |
Kathleen Gavin | 182 | |
Denise Di Novi | 184 | |
Film Credits | 186 | |
Acknowledgments | 190 | |
Photo Credits | 191 | |
Index | 192 |